The taking of turns is a fundamental aspect of dialogue. Since it is difficult to speak and listen
at the same time, the participants need to coordinate who is currently speaking and when …

Purpose. To develop a predictive model of speech loss in persons with amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS) based on measures of respiratory, phonatory, articulatory, and resonatory …

Background: Pause duration analysis is a common feature in the study of discourse in
Alzheimer's disease (AD) since this patient group has shown a consistent trend for longer …

This paper investigates the relation between the linguistic structure of the breath group and
breathing kinematics in spontaneous speech. 26 female speakers of German were recorded …

The purpose of the current investigation was to examine a statistical approach to
differentiating shorter silent intervals (eg, stop gaps) from longer silent intervals (eg, pause) …

Verbal fluency (VF) represents an important aspect of intelligence, in which oral word
generation is demanded following semantic or phonemic cues. Two reliable phenomena of …

Purpose The purpose of this study was to determine the typical pattern for inspiration during
speech breathing in healthy adults, as well as the factors that might influence it. Method Ten …

Objectives The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of speaking rate (habitual
and fast) and speech task (reading and spontaneous speech) on seven dependent …

This paper presents first results on using acoustic intensity of inhalations as a cue to speech
initiation in spontaneous multiparty conversations. We demonstrate that inhalation intensity …

Objective The purpose of this study was to examine a number of pause-and-speech-
measurements in patients with unilateral vocal fold paralysis, before and after injection …